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The tension I feel when holding God’s Word in one hand & the daily newspaper in the other

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on July 27, 2013
  • Doubt

For me, there are few times in life that I don’t feel tension, especially when I read the word and pray in the morning.  Really…  Did that get your attention?  🙂 When I read the […]

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Condemnation is never specific; Conviction always is

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on February 20, 2013
  • condemnation

My always thoughtful friend Karen Rabbitt recently wrote: God does not condemn believers. He does convict. Condemnation is non-specific and without hope. Conviction is specific, clear and hopeful. Karen then linked to an excellent piece […]

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Will things really change?

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on January 28, 2013
  • change

That’s the question, isn’t it? You probably pray the Serenity prayer, don’t you? “Grant me the serenity [peace] to accept the things I cannot change,courage to change the things I can,and wisdom to know the […]

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Do you really think everyone will like you?

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on February 19, 2011
  • courage

1.  Jesus loves me. 2.  Not everyone likes me. 3.  Still, I should be who God made me to be, and so should you. Here’s why… John 7 (New International Version, ©2010)  1 After this, Jesus […]

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Thinking early this morning of the Pascha Nostrum…

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on April 5, 2010
  • Easter

After a pleasant Easter Sunday, I awoke at 4:50am this morning thinking of the ancient Gregorian chant called the Pascha Nostrum.  Even today it is chanted in some churches early on Easter Sunday.  Here are […]

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Two visits, One prayer

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on December 2, 2009March 5, 2019
  • Advent

Two visits, one prayer… Visit one:  “Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod.  About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the […]

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Arno River, Florence, Italy; June 2019

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